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The 1990 Plainfield tornado was a devastating tornado that occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, 1990. The violent tornado killed 29 people and injured 353. [1] It is the only F5/EF5 rated tornado ever officially recorded in August in the United States (the 1883 Rochester, Minnesota cyclone is unofficially considered an F5), and the only F5 tornado to strike the Chicago area.
1990 saw some unusual and powerful tornadoes and tornado outbreaks. On March 13 not one, but two F5 tornadoes struck Kansas, both coming from the same supercell.This was the only day since the 1974 Super Outbreak to have more than one F5 on the same day until the 2011 Super Outbreak, when four EF5 tornadoes touched down on April 27.
Wisconsin tornado outbreak of 2005: August 18, 2005: Wisconsin – Minnesota: 28: 1: Largest tornado outbreak in Wisconsin history. An F3 caused major damage in Stoughton and killed 1. An F2 also caused severe damage in Viola. Hurricane Katrina tornado outbreak: August 26–31, 2005: Southeastern – Eastern United States: 54: 1
1990 August 28 $165,000,000 $389,355,815: F5 1990 Plainfield tornado: Birmingham, Alabama: 1998 April 8 $202,830,000 $383,780,491: F5 Tornado outbreak of April 6–9, 1998: Oak Lawn—Evergreen Park—Chicago Illinois: 1967 April 21 $40,000,000 $369,361,677: F4 1967 Oak Lawn tornado outbreak [5] (Total damages may have been greater than this.)
Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021 – This was day 2 of the outbreak sequence. The high risk was issued at 06Z for a 30% hatched area for tornadoes. A PDS tornado watch was issued, with a >95% chance for both tornadoes and strong tornadoes, and high probabilities for most other categories.
May 10, 2024, could possibly go down in history as Tallahassee's worst tornado outbreak ever. Three different tornadoes, two of them EF-2 tornadoes, hit the area Friday.
In late 2023, American meteorologist and tornado expert Thomas P. Grazulis created the Outbreak Intensity Score (OIS) as a way to rank tornado outbreaks. [1] [2] For the score, only significant tornadoes are counted: F2/EF2 tornadoes receive 2 points each, F3/EF3 tornadoes receive 5 points each, F4/EF4 tornadoes receive 10 points each, and F5/EF5 tornadoes receive 15 points each. [1]
August 28, 1990 – An extremely violent and devastating F5 tornado hit Plainfield, killing 29 people and injuring a further 353. [104] The tornado caused an estimated $165 million (1990 USD) in damages, and is the only F5 or EF5 tornado on record to hit the Chicago metropolitan area. [105]